The Black Aces Herald
Market14 Aug 2028
Simphiwe Selepe puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Black Aces, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Aug 2028
No end in sight to Black Aces's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Black Aces has to find a result from somewhere.
Market14 Aug 2028
Only the photograph left for Bradley Jali
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bradley Jali will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Black Aces the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Jayden Adams
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Jayden Adams in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Black Aces this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The step up is real for Lebogang Mkhize
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
No deal for Williams Mokotjo at that price
Black Aces offered $15.0K; Platinum Stars said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Phakamani Mahlambi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Black Aces rebuffed over Andile Modiba
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Jomo Cosmos have kept their man, and Black Aces go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Match Black Aces come up short against SuperSport United
- The dugout Evidence Phiri gets it from the manager
- The dugout Andile Jali: “No excuses”